greetings & salutations

Small Carpenter Bee (Ceratina bifida), female, family Apidae, Mount Carmel, Israel

Dress Fabric

c.1770

Happy birthday to Dorothea Tanning, who created these surreal costume designs for the ballet, “The Night Shadow.“ 

”Lanova,“ 1945, by Dorothea Tanning © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 

”Weaver,“ 1945, by Dorothea Tanning © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 

”Tompkins,“ 1945, by Dorothea Tanning © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York 

Some dogs are doggos, some are puppers, and others may even be pupperinos. There are corgos and clouds, fluffers and floofs, woofers and boofers. The chunky ones are thicc, and the thin ones are long bois. When they stick out their tongues, they’re doing a mlem, a blep, a blop. They bork. They boof. Once in a while they do each other a frighten. And whether they’re 10/10 or 12/10, they’re all h*ckin’ good boys and girls.

Are you picking up what I’m putting down? If not, you’re probably not fluent in DoggoLingo, a language trend that’s been gaining steam on the Internet in the past few years. The language most often accompanies a picture or a video of a dog and has spread to all major forms of social media. It might even change the way we talk out loud to our beloved canines.

Dogs Are Doggos: An Internet Language Built Around Love For The Puppers

Illustration: Chelsea Beck/NPR

“I came here to meet a girl that I know from the Internet. She’s coming all the way from Belarus. It’s nothing sexual. Just a friendship. Her name is Olga. We’ve known each other for seven years but this is the first time we’re meeting in person. She’s supported me through a lot of hard times. I get bullied a lot. People at my school often call me names and try to start fights with me. They send love letters to other guys in my name. Olga has comforted me a lot. She checks in with me throughout the day. She says things like: ‘You don’t deserve it.’ And ‘Don’t pay attention to them.’ Her messages have really helped me get through the last few years– even if they were just words on the Internet.”

“I cut my hair the other day. It used to be down to my waist. It’s a personal experiment. I’m trying to prove to myself that I can have short hair and still be feminine. It can be hard when I step out on the street and all the other women have long hair. I think a lot of people see short hair, and form an idea that I hate men, or that I only think about business. But I still feel feminine inside. I guess I want to prove that feeling has nothing to do with the type of attention I’m getting.”

A reader asked me if I’d draw a bee for a tattoo.